Color projector



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Patented Oct. 15, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT orricr.

COLOR PROJECTOR Harry L. Boynton, Hollywood, Galifl, assignor of I one-half to Harold Devenish Smith, Hollywood,

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Application March 8, 1938, Serial No. 194,701

Claims. (01. 240-41) 5 arranged as to be operative by means of mechanical adjustments for opening and closing the segments in a manner that breaks a concentrated beam into a number of individual beams. Through this operation the operator may concentrate all of the color beams into one blended color beam, or may through the means of adjustment, segregate the individual colors, or may change the position of the colors into various scopes desired.

The object of this procedure allows this invention to be adapted for various uses. In this application I particularly refer the use of the device to that of a seed germinator. Through practical experiments made by the inventor, he has discovered that in applying these color beams to a bed of seed, that germination takes place very much faster than under the most favorable natural conditions, and eliminates the use of applied heats to the soil, or the use of a hot house. The beams from the various colored segments having decidedly different effects upon the germinating process, it has been discovered that by moving the various colors into difierent positions over the seed bed and at intervals reversing the positions of the colors, a rapid germination takes place and a very sturdy production is created.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detailed view, showing the manner of mounting each segment of the reflector;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view of one of the adjusting knobs; and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of my device in use in connection with a seed germinating bed.

It is a well known fact that light consists of wave lengths which produce various colors, and it is also a well known fact that light in various 5 forms has a pronounced eifect upon the germination and growth of vegetation.

Applicant has invented a device wherein it is possible to create rays of various colors, which may be mixed in varying proportions, and may 55 be spread or concentrated, so that the user may of illumination from reaching the surface being accomplish almost any desired result within the possibilities of the device.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, in Fig. 1 I have shown 5 a standard 5 having arms 6 and l which are piv-" ojted thereto and held by an adjusting handle ,8.

A ring 9 is pivoted to the arms 6 and I and has a casing l I attached thereto. This casing ll serves to support the. reflectors and adjusting 10 mechanism, as well as the illuminant and its adjusting mechanism. As all of the segments of the reflectors are mounted and adjusted in the same manner, but one section will be described.

Viewing Fig. 1 it will be noted that there are 15 four reflector segments l2, l3, I6, and i6, corresponding to red, blue, yellow, and green respectively. These segments are attached to the casing H, as best illustrated in Fig. 3, where it will be noted that pivots l1 connect the casing to the corner of each segment. Secured to the back of each segment shown'in Fig. 2, is a lug l8 which has an opening therethrough and is engaged'by the hook section iii of a pivoted member 2|,

pivoted to the tubular member'22, which tubular 25 member is in turn secured to the casing H. An adjusting rod 23 extends through a nut 24, as best shown in Fig. 4, carried by the knob 26 and rotatably supported in the casing l I.

The result of this construction is that when the 30 knob 26 is rotated, the rod 23 travels through the stationary nut 2d moving the pivot back and forth, causing the hook section l9 to open or close the segment of the reflector.

The illuminant 27! is carried in a slider 28 and 35 has a nut 29 engaging the thread of a rodtl which may be rotated by a knob 32. The nut 29 has pins 33 which prevent rotation of the slider 28. The illuminant is provided with an opaque cap 3 3, which prevents any direct rays illuminated. A cable 36 conducts current to the illuminant.

The device is particularly suitable for the germinating of seeds. In Fig. 5 I have shown a seed bed 31, to which the standard 5 is attached, and the casing is swung to a position so that the rays of color will pass downwardly onto said bed. In this view it will also be noted how the rays of various colors may be adjusted to reflect light in direct formation or be reversed, and it is obvious that as the various segments of the reflector are individually adjusted, the positioning of the same may be easily controlled.

It is to be understood that the form of my I ciated therewith, each segment being of a differ-- ent color, means for moving each segment and said illuminant in such a manner as to permit a condensation of all the colors into one blended color ray, and screw actuated adjustments associated with said segments to position them to project a number of rays, each segment being capable of projecting an individual distinct color ray.

2. A color projector embodying a casing, a

concave reflector arranged therein and formed of a series of segmental sections, each section a different color and pivoted at its outer circumferential edge, and an illuminant at the center of said sections, means for adjusting said illuminant, and means for individually moving said sections on their pivots, whereby each section may project a beam at a different point or all beams may be focused at one point.

3. A color projector embodying a casing, a concave reflector arranged therein and formed of a series of segmental sections, each section pivoted at its outer circumferential edge and of a difierent color, an illuminant at the center of said sections, and means for individually moving said sections on their pivots, whereby each section may project its color beam at a different point or all of the color beams may be focused at one point.

4. A color projector embodying a casing, a concave reflector arranged therein and formed of a series of segmental sections of difierent colors, each section pivoted at its outer circumferential edge, an adjustable illuminant at the center of said sections, and means for individually moving said sections on their pivots, whereby each section may project its color beam at a different point or all of the color beams may be focused at one point.

5. A color projector embodying a casing, 21, concave reflector arranged therein and formed of a series'of segmental sections of different colors, each section pivoted at its outer circumferential edge, an adjustable illuminant at the center of said sections, a cap carried by the outer end of the illuminant to prevent direct outward rays, means for individually moving said sections on their pivots and a separable means for moving the illuminant, whereby each section may project its color beam at a different point or all of the color beams may be focused at one point.

HARRY L. BOYNTON. 

